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Marth

Marth is a confirmed fighter for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/Nintendo 3DS. His appearance was confirmed with the November 7th Daily Update photo on the official Smash Bros site. Marth was released as a promotional character for Fire Emblem: Awakening. In Japan however, Marth was used a promotional character for the 2010 game Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~ which translates to Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem ~Heroes of Light and Shadow~. The probable reason as to why they differ is that the latter is Japan-exclusive, while the former was released worldwide.

Marth is the central protagonist and Lord-class character of the original Fire Emblem, Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi, later remade and released internationally as Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the sequel Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem. Marth also appeared in Fire Emblem: Awakening as a DLC character. His design is based off of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, as opposed to his past designs in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Brawl.

Marth's play-style in the Super Smash Bros. series has primarily been represented as elegant and lethal. His moves are quick and cover a variety of angles. The tip of his sword, Falchion, deals the most damage in his attacks. In the Super Smash Bros. series, Marth is known to strictly speak in Japanese, regardless of where he is localized. This trend may be due to the fact that the very first Fire Emblem, in which he starred in, never made it outside of Japan until the remake of Shadow Dragon in 2007.